HOST, DIG, NSLOOKUP & ARD resolve dns, ping won't

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HOST, DIG, NSLOOKUP & ARD resolve dns, ping won't

I set up the DNS server on a Xserve G5 running Tiger 10.4.3 using server admin. I can resolve FQDN's to the proper host IP's using the HOST, DIG, & NSLOOKUP commands, but PING fails, returning 'Unknown host'. Apple remote desktop reports the proper host names for each IP address. Internet browsers (safari, firefox, & IE mac & win) cannot find internal http servers using the FQDN, but work fine with the IP.

This DNS server is only for the internal or local network domain and is set up as a "forward only" caching server. NAT is provided by another device (router). The caching works fine and shows the expected benefit for any machines talking to external (ISP) DNS.

Any ideas?

Posted on Nov 2, 2005 5:31 PM

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Nov 2, 2005 8:06 PM in response to Steve Cummings

Yikes!

Solved this one myself. I was trying to set up a "split-brain" DNS with a local host name system, mydomain.local. We have mydomain.org for our public web presence and mydomain.net for a staff groupware solution. I just went on to make our internal network mydomain.local, something that is pretty common in many network schemes.

Found that you just can't do this with the Mac; .local is reserved for Bonjour/Rendezvous multicasting. Once I removed the .local from mydomain.local, everything works just peachy. And, less typing!

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